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gray mullet

gray mullet

7.2
Meat from a common sea or river fish that people eat
  • noun
  • /ɡreɪ ˈmʌlɪt/
  • US
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  • The gray mullet is known for its lean flesh.

Examples

  • The chef prepared grilled gray mullet with lemon and herbs for the evening special.

  • I ordered a dish of smoked gray mullet at the seafood restaurant.

  • Fishermen caught plenty of gray mullet along the coast this morning.

  • I ordered a delicious gray mullet for dinner.

  • The chef prepared grilled gray mullet with lemon and herbs for the evening special.

  • I ordered a dish of smoked gray mullet at the seafood restaurant.

  • Fishermen caught plenty of gray mullet along the coast this morning.

Synonyms

gray sole
vsgray mullet
  • US
1 7.5

A flat fish with pale gray flesh that people eat

is lean flesh from a different fish and is valued highly
bream
vsgray mullet
7.4

The meat of a flat fish with a deep body used for eating

is specifically lean flesh prized for food rather than ordinary fish flesh

Surface Forms

gray mullet singular
gray mullets plural

Morphology

gray + mullet

This is a simple adjective + noun composition: 'gray' modifies 'mullet', so a learner who knows both words will infer it refers to a mullet that is gray (i.e., a type/species of fish). The referent being fish flesh valued as food follows naturally from knowing 'mullet' (a fish) and the construction is cross-linguistically common, so the meaning is readily derivable.

Etymology

Gray mullet may also be used to mean the 'meat' of that fish because markets and cooks sold the fish to eat. So when people said gray mullet, they often meant the food from the fish.